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News for photographers

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This just in via FitWatch, the Met have updated their guidelines for stopping and searching terrorists photographers, to clarify that they can only see your photographs if they suspect you of being a terrorist and also that they have no right to delete digital photographs or destroy film. They actually state that twice, with regards to two different sections. There is also a Home office circular giving clarification. The hesdline of which is: Important: Section 43 does not prohibit the taking of photographs, film or digital images in a public place and members of the public and the press should … Continue reading →

No representation without taxation

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Life has been getting in the way of writing, and will probably continue to do so. So expect much of my writing to be quite a bit behind the curve. However that small matter not with standing a while back I read an interesting comment from a Labour MP (Martin Linton) as report by the good old BBC “If they don’t pay our taxes, why should they have any right in determining what those taxes are?” Which I suspect is something we can all heartily agree with, particularly with regards to the 646 such people that seem to quite enjoy … Continue reading →

Here comes the new system same as the old system

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I read about this in one of the free rags on my way home but don’t tend to trust those, but having now read it in the Telegraph it does in fact seem that the great answer to the problem of this terrible system which caused all of the trouble is…. a quango! of unelected unaccountable “independent regulators”! Independent regulators having worked so well in so many other fields, and wasn’t the fees office supposed to be independent? How can a government appointed regulator be any more independent than some nameless civil servants? The speaker is to be made purely … Continue reading →